Sur's Ocean: Poems from the Early Tradition

by Sūrdās and Hawley

Surdas has been regarded as the epitome of artistry in Old Hindi religious poetry from the end of the sixteenth century, when he lived, to the present day. His fame rests upon his remarkable refashioning of the widely known narrative of the cowherd deity Krishna and his lover Radha into lyrics that are at once elegant and approachable. Surdas's popularity led to the proliferation, through an energetic oral tradition, of poems ascribed to him, known...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674427777
• ISBN13: 9780674427778
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 1072 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 5.4" x 8.7"